Hyundai showed off the functionality at CES, demoing how all of this could be done just by using voice commands. It's the kind of thing that is, to use technical terms, simply cool. Many of us are still making the transition from old vehicles to newer models with their own key fobs. This is taking things to a new level entirely.

The Android Wear features should be available to all Blue Link-equipped Hyundai vehicles starting with the 2012 Sonata.

I don't know why none of the articles about this (during CES nor this article) mention BlueLink pricing (not free with car, except for maybe a trial). I considered it at one point in time but realized it wasn't worth it. If a new app or product came out articles would be sure to mention the price but it hasn't between mentioned once yet.

Michael Smith

Their tiers and price structuring is all over the place. Why can't they just offer an all inclusive package at a reasonable monthly fee? I'd pay $10 a month for all the features included but 2 or 3 times that, no way!

ctk4949

Its $100 a year for the remote features.

Adnoxaei

That makes this much less exciting...I never looked at the pricing :/ I think I just assumed it was a cool feature if you paid for a package that included remote start or something like that. It makes sense to charge for ongoing development, but I'm still not used to the idea of monthly subscriptions for use of a car's features.

ctk4949

I think $100 a year aint that bad, its only $8.33 a month. I use it all the time. If you sign up for 2 years its 10% off, or 3 years its 20% off. Sometimes they have 50% off sales. :)

Tsun_Pooka

Watch_Dogs is one hell of an awesome game, and everything about it (aside from PC performance), is of excellent quality... save for one thing.

I can't hack a car linked with a smartwatch :_(

Maxx_75

Next week on Law and Order... dun dun....... Murder most foul, smartwatch used to start car in garage !

jrod3737

Ok, Hyundai, take my money!!

sdfsd

They will. Basic features such as remote start cost $10-30/mo

Raj Bhatt

How do I use this on Android Wear? I have a 2015 Sonata and I use Blue Link on my phone all the time, but When I say "OK Google, lock my car" it just finds youtube videos on my Zenwatch.

Michael Smith

I assume you download the most recent updated bluelink app and then issue those commands on your watch?
It could be that it is not integrated into the google search app but only on the android wear watch?

coolguy949

You need to allow the updated Android App to sync with Android Wear. I believe you can do that manually or just wait for it to do it on its own.

"OK Google, lock my car" will not work as the "lock my car" command isn't supported by Google. You can open the Android Wear app to see what commands are supported and which apps handle them. The only vehicle-related command allowed so far is "Call a car" that uses Lyft to handle the request.

The "hack" around this is to just say "OK Google, start Blue Link" to open the app. Then within the app there's a little microphone button that lets you tell it commands. Not totally seamless but it is what it is.